Kyle Vander Pol, who flies out of Eppley Airfield about once a month for work, drives from Lincoln and parks at the airport.

"I've always had real good luck parking. I use the garage mostly because you never know what kind of weather pops up," Vander Pol said.

Construction will start next month on a new six-story parking garage. It will offer 3,000 spaces. 2,100 for public parking and 900 for rental cars.

"Our customers want something efficient. They want something close. And they want some protection for their vehicles. This parking garage is a solution that we think will provide that," said Conahan.

The garage will be built at the site of the current north surface lot and rental car space. That area will close during construction. The south canopy parking lot will also close. Rental cars will be temporarily moved there.

Construction will also shut down a northbound lane of Abbott Drive, just past the terminal.

"I would ask all of our customers and patrons to be a little patient with us because with construction of this magnitude, there will be a few wrinkles during a two-year time period." Conahan said.

Vander Pol doesn't have a choice about his travel, so he's staying optimistic.

"We'll get through it and it'll be better at the end, so it's probably worth waiting for," he said.

The airport has added an additional 500 spaces to the south long-term parking lot to make up for the spaces that will be lost during construction.

There are also two new lots called "cellphone lots" where people can park while waiting to pick up travelers.